LEBR foundation

In February 6th 2023, LEBR was officialy registered as a research institution at the National Agency of Public Registry of Georgia.

LEBR websiate launched

In May 1 2023 the offical website of LEBR has been launched.

LEBR has won the first research grant!

We are delighted to announce that on 4th of December 2023 the LEBR as a host institution was awarded a research grant FR-23-10587 by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia.

The evaluation of the projects was carried out by the European Science Foundation – Science Connect (ESF-SC) on 3 stages. The research project by the LEBR researchers Prof. Michalis Drouvelis and Dr. Rati Mekvabishvili was amongst top scorer winner project proposals.

The planned start date for the research project is January 2024 with the project running until the January 2026.

You can read more in the press release and view a full list of all selected projects.

Article submission

On March 31th 2025 the LEBR researchers Prof. Michalis Drouvelis has submitted the article at high ranking academic journal the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (JEBO), under research grant FR-23-10587, “Formation of Prosocial and Altruistic Norms in Economics”.

Online Workshop

On November 28th 2025 the LEBR researcher Dr. Rati Mekvabishvili has conducted online workshop on recent experimental study under research grant FR-23-10587, “Formation of Prosocial and Altruistic Norms in Economics”.